Vermont Business MagazineThe Ladies League at the Lake Saint Catherine Country Club hosted the 5th Annual Donna Taft Memorial Golf Tournament on June 16, 2018. The event raised $2,200 to benefit the Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center, part of Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) and Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC). An additional, $2,200 donation was made to Rutland Regional Medical Center’s Foley Cancer Center.
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center’s Director of Oncology Services Jean Huntington (left) and Dr. Matthew Vernon, radiation oncologist at the Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center (right) stand with Mary Landon, a Southwestern Vermont Medical Center volunteer and a committee member of the Donna Taft Memorial Golf Tournament.
Generous sponsors included nearly 60 businesses, professionals, and private citizens in the Bennington, Manchester, and Rutland areas. Donations will be used to support patients’ needs during treatments and for assistance with transportation, food, utility, wig, and home medical equipment costs. For more information about next year’s tournament, contact Rhonda Wade at[email protected]or 802-259-3902.
About SVHC:
Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) is a comprehensive, preeminent, health care system providing exceptional, convenient, and affordable care to the communities of Bennington and Windham Counties of Vermont, eastern Rensselaer and Washington Counties of New York, and northern Berkshire County in Massachusetts. SVHC includes Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center, the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation, and the SVHC Foundation. SVMC includes 25 primary and specialty care practices. For more information, visitsvhealthcare.org.